tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post6283597936252697115..comments2024-03-25T22:25:27.515+05:30Comments on Madly-in-Verse: But that's not a poemNilanjana Bosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-72898322211764815402016-09-08T01:53:21.688+05:302016-09-08T01:53:21.688+05:30:) Glad you did!:) Glad you did!Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-14656740118986183982016-09-07T20:10:43.366+05:302016-09-07T20:10:43.366+05:30Well, you may not call it a poem, but I liked it a...Well, you may not call it a poem, but I liked it anyway!The Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730805376957629641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-86689315702983558072016-09-06T23:16:18.260+05:302016-09-06T23:16:18.260+05:30Hi Denise, and I agree totally, I too find there a...Hi Denise, and I agree totally, I too find there are greater commonalities across the cultures I live in and travel to than differences.<br />The glum part is that a couple of bad apples exploit those minor differences to sow discord for their own short term benefits...<br />On a happy note though, glum sells better, at least as far as fiction/poetry is concerned...as Frank McCourt said in his Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-22607672041399583852016-09-06T11:21:14.465+05:302016-09-06T11:21:14.465+05:30Hi Nila. I definitely believe...'the world is ...Hi Nila. I definitely believe...'the world is one family.' Wise thought. No matter where I travel, people are really the same inside. We all feel, we all have needs, we just all need to love.<br />The rhythm of your words drew me along a happy road as i read your poem. You always inspire me. I think if i were a poet, my poems would be pretty glum. <br />I love your little refrain: 'I Denise Covey https://www.blogger.com/profile/07106490051555233439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-7142457001086731172016-09-06T09:39:02.511+05:302016-09-06T09:39:02.511+05:30Most days almost everything in the world feels lik...Most days almost everything in the world feels like a poem to me :) And a few in a year when nothing does. Thanks for stopping by, Susan.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-30633395454974713692016-09-06T09:36:30.899+05:302016-09-06T09:36:30.899+05:30That's very valuable advice, Martin. Thank you...That's very valuable advice, Martin. Thank you.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-49914068102638878672016-09-06T06:41:19.849+05:302016-09-06T06:41:19.849+05:30You know what a poem is better than anyone I'v...You know what a poem is better than anyone I've ever met, and no one should dare to tell you that you don't. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05736019203704382525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-85308696170749409332016-09-06T03:16:22.856+05:302016-09-06T03:16:22.856+05:30I offer you this advise: My best teachers were pos...I offer you this advise: My best teachers were positive...<br />You are right and this is poetryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-16575301752822442932016-09-06T01:30:09.277+05:302016-09-06T01:30:09.277+05:30Hi Hilary! I am slightly obsessed with the similar...Hi Hilary! I am slightly obsessed with the similarities I come across in other cultures...an ancient Indian text has a line which translated means 'the world is one family.'Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-21130253588996205372016-09-06T01:26:36.469+05:302016-09-06T01:26:36.469+05:30:) I am a terrible dancer, two left feet. Thanks f...:) I am a terrible dancer, two left feet. Thanks for being here.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-25468893621005926332016-09-05T19:19:14.066+05:302016-09-05T19:19:14.066+05:30Hi Nila - now I keep reading about people's in...Hi Nila - now I keep reading about people's interpretation of poetry ... strange how one thing leads to another - from Denise's blog ... and your poem winning the Gardening Contest ... <br /><br />It's letting the words flow in ... we are the same, yet we are different ... we absorb those words differently ... but they will mean something to each of us ... <br /><br />Poetry it is ...Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-69896593414665282392016-09-05T13:15:31.909+05:302016-09-05T13:15:31.909+05:30Oh yes it is.
If poetry is the language of the hea...Oh yes it is.<br />If poetry is the language of the heart (a definition I really like) then your words are indeed poetry. And dancing. And music.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com